Marianne Winslett:
Serge Abiteboul speaks out: on building a research group in Europe, how he got involved in a startup, why systems papers shouldn't have to include measurements, the value of object databases, and more.
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Marianne Winslett:
Surajit Chaudhuri speaks out on how data mining led him to self-tuning databases: how he does tech transfer, life as a research manager, the fragmentation of database research, and more.
86-93